lost narrative poem

Chapter 313 Future Gospel

"Speaking of which, what should I call you?"

At this point, Xia Ran simply put all doubts and puzzles behind her, completely put herself in the state of getting along with new friends, and asked seriously——

"Yangyi? Shiki? Or can I just call you Shiki?"

"Riji is my name, but if you call me Shiki directly, I'll be happy too."

Putting her hand gently on her chest and closing her eyes, she said: "In this way, at least tonight is meaningful to me."

"It's meaningful..." The magician chewed on this sentence, and if he realized something, he pointed at himself and introduced himself. "Although you must have known it a long time ago, I think it's polite to say that I am Xia Ran."

"I do know this..." The kimono girl opened her eyes, nodded slightly, and then stopped talking, just staring at him quietly, as if waiting for something.

"..."

"..."

The air was quiet for a while, only the atmosphere of silence permeated.

"Well, what should I say now?"

Xia Ran sighed for a long time, feeling that this kind of situation was really something he was not good at dealing with. Now he really didn't have the worry and anxiety he had before, but this feeling was also tormenting, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Do you want to keep staring here all the time?Anyway, give yourself a small arrow that you can continue to click and have a conversation, right?

"You can say anything, but I have never had friends, and I don't know how friends talk..."

The kimono girl replied gently, but what she said made Xia Ran feel a little pitiful.

He sighed again, and then quickly sorted out his thoughts: "Then let me talk about it, although it may be some boring little things, in your opinion, it is probably not a trivial problem... "

"Of course not. If you are really willing to tell me about this kind of thing, I will be very happy..." She shook her head with a smile and said seriously.

"Okay, let me think about how to say..."

What the hell is this situation?Xia Ran used her brain helplessly, and began to chat with her about some small things, including her daily life, including her previous nightmares, including what she had seen and heard in the mission world...

At first he felt angry and funny at this inexplicable development, but gradually he calmed down completely, he said whatever came to his mind, and she listened to him happily.

The snow kept falling, and the white fragments buried darkness.

Fluttering, like a feather, falling.

I don’t know how long it’s been like this, and talking about this encounter, Xia Ran seemed to have thought of something, and looked at the girl in kimono: “Speaking of which, I’m still here and haven’t left, right? Shiki, your reason?"

"It looks like you really want to end it as soon as possible. It must be hard for you to be forced to talk to me..."

She couldn't help laughing, and then she glanced at the end of the gray and white night before turning back and saying so softly.

"No, no, I didn't think so, I just asked by the way when I thought of it, and you must know what I'm thinking now, right?"

Xia Ran shook his head vigorously, not knowing how serious he was, he stared at the girl in kimono and said so.

Now he really suddenly felt that she was very pitiful, so he didn't want to get rid of her as soon as possible, and just walked away - besides, it was useless to think about it - from just now until now, he has been very serious trying to be a friend , to talk to her.

"I don't know about this, because since you said that mind reading is too foul, I haven't deliberately read your thoughts..."

She averted her eyes like a butterfly avoiding the sunlight, instead of looking at him seriously, she just closed her eyes and took a breath, as if she was happy and happy because of his answer.

"Is that so? It's really reassuring."

Xia Ran nodded, indicating that she believed it.

"Then, let me tell you that you are still able to stay in this world. In fact, it has nothing to do with me. I just know that you will stay until now, so I am waiting for you here... About the reason why you can continue to stay .”

The kimono girl explained directly, her tone seemed to be talking about tomorrow's weather, and she seemed careless——

"Actually, it's because the will of the "world" has been summoned by your previous actions, just like the state in which the Knight King was frozen before his death... It's not difficult to understand, you probably just came from before to Now, you haven't noticed what information you have received, have you? "

"what?"

Xia Ran was taken aback for a moment, and then he understood something, and opened the information reminder page that he had not read. Because of the frequent swiping of the screen just now, he did not pay attention to the information reminder that appeared later.

Because he subconsciously felt that there was nothing else worth caring about, except for the acquisition of free attribute points and credit reminders.

After opening it, he found that at the bottom of the page, there was indeed a completely different prompt message——

It was reminded that it was a contract of rules, which was constantly flickering. I don't know how long it had been reminded, but he hadn't paid attention to it all the time.

Clicking on the details of the reminder with her thoughts, the next moment, Xia Ran heard a voice, which seemed to echo from the void, and seemed to be the shouts of countless people, men, women, old people, children, The voices come together:

"I am going to give you a chance. In exchange for the fulfillment of that wish, I want to accept your afterlife."

"..."

"..."

Xia Ran was silent for a moment, and he understood what the voice meant almost instantly.

Just like what happened to Artoria, the restraining force seems to have taken a fancy to him and plans to sign him as a wage earner.

It's like the moment Artoria summoned the will of the "world", her time has already stopped. As long as the contract is not over, she will forever linger in the history of the Battle of Jianlan, time won't move forward.

Xia Ran's current experience is probably similar, except that he is not in a state of dying, nor is he frozen in a certain period of history, but at the last moment, the rejection of him by the restraining force has indeed completely disappeared.

Therefore, he has been able to continue to stay in this world until now without being excluded.

Wait, so to speak——

"If I haven't agreed or rejected this contract, can I still be stuck in time?" He looked at the "two ceremonies" expectantly.

"Of course this is impossible."

The girl in kimono showed a peaceful smile, and calmly and directly denied his whims——

"Only if you can come in handy, it will give you unlimited opportunities to drive you as a prop, provided that you can come in handy to it."

In other words, that is to say, if he has never explicitly agreed or refused, the restraining force will not waste power on him all the time, allowing him to stay in this world.

"Ah, what a pity..." Xia Ran sighed a little disappointed, and was not too surprised that she received the restraining contract.

—Even Emiya Shirou can do it, there is no reason why he can't.

"Then what will happen if I sign this contract?"

"Isn't it very clear? It will give you a chance to return to this world in the future, but as a price, if you really die in this world, it will accept your afterlife..."

She stared at him and continued speaking in a natural tone.

"That is to say, if I have not died or died in this world, this contract will not be binding on me?" Xia Ran pinched her chin and thought carefully.

"As long as the contract is established, your information will be absorbed by that mechanism, and then sent to the seat and burned as a spirit base... Just like the Knight King, her body is not on the seat at all, which means she is still a living person , but because of the signing of the contract, there is information about her on the seat, so she can still be summoned."

The girl shook her head and said, she knew everything, so she answered without the slightest concern, as if she didn't think it was an issue that needed attention at all.

"And take the Holy Grail War that you just conducted as an example. You borrowed information from the Heroic Spirit body located in the Seat of Heroes, and then poured this information into the framework of the class, and the created Heroic Spirit clone is a follower..."

"Although there is no way to summon your body, as long as the information is recorded on the seat as a spirit foundation, then your information is very likely to be summoned as a servant, maybe in the past, maybe in the future, or in another place. A world line..."

"Like a clone?" Xia Ran nodded understandingly, "Although it's not directly manipulated by me, I can only know what "I" did afterwards? "

"Yes, because the information that constitutes a follower will return to the seat when the follower dies or the summoning ends, the main body can naturally know his actions as a follower in a recorded way like reading a book."

She glanced at him and explained casually.

"But the premise is that you can update the information through the contract contact with the restraining force after you return to this world... You can know what "you" has done, and the information changes brought about by your own growth will also give the seat The Spirit Base Records brought about changes. "

"It sounds like a very interesting hang-up game...but I have to think about it carefully." The magician nodded seriously.

No wonder you received such a contract, no matter what the emotional restraint is, it is originally a defense device for the "human world" made by people's unconscious aggregates, absorbing countless records and countless powers. will always exist.

"Xia Ran, I also have something to ask you... Although it's a bit regrettable, after I ask, our conversation today will be over, and that's why I came here."

At this time, the girl in kimono said seriously, staring at him with pupils that were several times more mature than her appearance.

"Oh, tell me, I'm listening carefully..." Xia Ran quickly stopped other random thoughts and responded.

"What do you want to get?"

She quietly took a step forward, reaching out to touch his face, her pupils were transparent, with endless depths, as if she could see the lack of humanity in the pupils deep in the heart, only the god-like temperament.

"—Tell me, what is your wish? As long as it is a wish, I can usually achieve it."

It really is this one!

Xia Ran had expected it a long time ago, so he began to think seriously. At this moment, many thoughts flashed through his mind, but none of them were the correct answer.

He was very sure that she definitely didn't come here simply as a wishing machine for him, there must be a more profound reason, and he only had one chance, once he said something wrong...

His thoughts turned back and forth in an instant, Xia Ran seemed to have made a decision, he looked directly at her, responded to her with his eyes, and said his thoughts word by word——

"Tell me, what is your wish? Can I help you realize it?"

Maybe it's the story of the cat with nine tails...

Maybe it's just looking at her poorly...

Maybe there is no reason, just take this opportunity to ask directly...

But she smiled.

(End of this chapter)